William arthur



(No Model.) W. ARTHUR.

'FENGE.

No. 487,208. Paltent ed Nov. 29, 1892..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ARTHUR, OF DELPHOS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RICHARD E.ARTHUR AND WILLIAM G. JONES, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,208, dated November29, 1892. Application filed May 26, 1892- Serial No. 434,458. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, WILLIAM ARTHUR, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Delphos, in thecounty of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the artto IO which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fences.

The object of the invention is to provide a fence which shall be strongand easily constructed and in which the posts will clamp the rails andexert sufficient tension thereon to retain them in place, said tensionbeing maintained by a rider, which is mounted on and secured to theposts above the top crotch thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is an end view.

A and A designate the stakes or posts, which rest upon, or are driven inthe ground to cross each other near their upper ends and form a crotchor angle.

B designates a short post, which lies parallel with the post A and issecured thereto, near its lower end, by a suitable wire or loop a, whileits upper end lies within the lower crotch and abuts against the post A,where it is secured by a wire loop or band I).

The rails O of the fence are placed between the posts A and B, beingarranged one above the other, as shown, and after being properly placedthe top rail or riderD is located in the top notch at an angle therewithand its opposite end swung toward the adjacent posts, this top riderthus forming a lever, which spreads the upper ends of the postsA and Aabove the point where they cross each other and draws the lower portionstogether, which movement presses the short post B, which is locatedbetween the posts A and A, against the post A. The rider when it hasbeen thus used as a lever to clamp the rails between the posts issecured against movement by a wire band or loop a, which passes over therider and around the posts.

A fence thus constructed is simple, cheap, and durable, and the Weightof the rider, instead of having a tendency to separate the posts andloosen the fence, acts to clamp the rails more securely in place.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to constructa rai1-andrider fence by employing two posts which cross each other andsupport the rider, a short post being secured to the outer side of oneof the main posts to hold the rails thereto, as

will be seen by reference to the patent of N.

P. Beamon, No. 156,052, dated October 20, 1874, and I do not claim suchconstruction as my invention, the same being distinguished therefrom inthat the short post is.located on the inner side of the postAand abutsagainst the adjacent long post, so that by spreading the upper portionsof the long posts the rails will be clamped tightly in position.

I claim In a fence, the combination of the posts A and A, a shorter postB, having the upper end thereof beveled, said post being adapted to bearagainst the post A beneath the upper crotch of the fence, said shortpost being secured at its lower end to the post A and to the post A,rails adapted to be maintained in position between the posts A and B,and a rider supported by the posts A and A above the rails, said riderbeing secured by a loop, substantially as shown, and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ARTHUR.

Witnesses:

G. W. JOHNSON, H. S. BEALL.

